Ichiro Lambe

Founder, Dejobaan Games

Ichiro is Founder and President of Dejobaan Games, LLC, an independent Boston-area game development studio. A 25-year industry veteran, he also advises VC-backed gaming startups, universities, and other industry organizations such as the Indie Megabooth.

His current favorite claim to fame is having a tiny cameo in Fallout 4 as an evil scientist.

Latest Cool Stuff

Dejobaan’s next project, Last Night on Planet Earth, is debuting at the 55th annual New York Film Festival. Scheduled for a 2018 launch, this is a full motion video (FMV) life simulator that focuses on modeling conversations.

MIT-based accelerator Play Labs brought me in to consult with their cohort of 13 startups throughout this past summer. The teams’ work focused on “playful technologies,” including AR/VR, eSports, and machine learning in video games.

Dejobaan sponsored a team for the MassDiGi Summer Innovation Program. Working with us over 12 weeks, a team of students prototyped a game that simulates rebuilding a post-apocalyptic Boston.

Advisory, Mentorship, Etc.

Advisor, Interactive Media & Game Design

Advisor, Indie MEGABOOTH

Mentor, Execution Labs

IGF Nuovo award juror. Artistic!

Industry Mentor, Becker Live Studio

Mentor, Execution Labs

Talks

United We Win: Lessons Learned from Collaborating and Coworking Around the World

Keynote (FIG Talks)

The Boston Indie Community (BFIG)

Monster Loves You! Post Mortem

Indie Game Development (Panel)

From AAA to Indie: Three Start-Up Stories

Keynote (IndieCamp @ Université du Québec à Chicoutimi)

I’ll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours! (Panel)

Marketing and Branding Games in a Digital Age (Sloan Business in Gaming)

State of Play: The Thriving Game Industry in MA (NE Games SIG)

Iteration and Prototyping (Panel, MIT Gambit)

Indies Will Shoot You in the Knees (Panel, MIT Gambit)

This (Boston) Indie Life: From Breaking In to Making It

Hope, Doubt, and the Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Struggles of Indie Development

Start Your Own Damned Company

Just Because You Have an Idea…

The 4096 secrets of the game development industry (Master Class)

Iterating on a Portfolio (Master Class)

Make the Most 🙂 Game in the Whole World!

Hope, Doubt, and the Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Struggles of Indie Development